Yves Guéna
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Yves Guéna | |
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President of the Constitutional Council | |
In office 1 March 2000 – 9 August 2004 | |
Appointed by | Jacques Chirac |
Preceded by | Roland Dumas |
Succeeded by | Pierre Mazeaud |
Mayor of Périgueux | |
In office 26 March 1971 – 20 January 1997 | |
Preceded by | Lucien Barrière |
Succeeded by | Xavier Darcos |
Minister of Information | |
In office 31 May 1968 – 12 July 1968 | |
President | Charles de Gaulle |
Prime Minister | Georges Pompidou |
Preceded by | Georges Gorse |
Succeeded by | Joël Le Theule |
Personal details | |
Born | Yves René Henri Guéna 6 July 1922 Brest, France |
Died | 3 March 2016 16th arrondissement of Paris, France | (aged 93)
Political party | UDR |
Alma mater | ÉNA |
Yves Guéna (French pronunciation: Free French Forces in the United Kingdom. He received several decorations for his courage.
Political life
He belonged to various right wing parties:
Union pour la nouvelle République (1962–1968), the Union of Democrats for the Republic (1968–1978) and the Rally for the Republic
(1978–1997).
He occupied several posts as minister. In 1968, he was
senator
between 1989 and 1997.
In 2000, Guéna was named president of the
Arab World Institute
until 2007.
References
- St. Petersburg Independent. 12 June 1968. pp. 12–A. Retrieved 18 September 2020.